Bjørn's Reviews > Smuggler's Fortune

When I read the first book in the series, Fortune's Fool, I originally gave it four stars, because I found the young Kyrra irritating – not unlikeable, just irritating, and if it weren't for the double timeline there would be a chance of me not finishing the book. As I progressed, I became more and more immersed in the world – Ms Boord does an impeccable job at worldbuilding. Then I finished, reviewed the book, gave it four stars and moved on. Except I didn't actually move on, because I found myself nearly obsessing about what would happen next.

This novella (or rather short novel) was a freebie with the newsletter and, frankly, I think Ms Boord is a bit insane to give it away for free. I didn't really read this book as much as I ate it in two sittings – I looked at the first sentence, thought it was amazing, put it up here in my feed, then two days ago started actually reading and found myself angry that I had to go to sleep. Smuggler's Fortune has no right to be THIS good. I didn't realise how much I missed the grown-up Kyrra and how invested I was in the fates of *no spoiler*. The only part I found confusing was a certain scene in the final battle – there is no way to explain this without a spoiler – but it wasn't bad either, just confusing and not important enough to affect my love for this book.

The only problem is that now I am waiting for the "proper" follow-up to Fortune's Fool even more than before. I bow to Ms Boord for writing so fast and so good with nine kids – I have zero kids and couldn't do such a great job – but I NEED IT NOW. Fortune's Fool was already among my favourite books of 2019, this one is like getting an unexpected, lovely present when you know you're going to get a life-changing one in half a year.

In case I didn't gush enough, I couldn't recommend this book more.

PS. I have man-crushes on almost all male characters AND a sis-crush on Kyrra. There's a really good romance hiding underneath all the magic and swordfights.